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OLYMPIA EQUIPMENT LEASING COMPANY v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

No. 85-3154.

786 F.2d 794 (1986)

OLYMPIA EQUIPMENT LEASING COMPANY, Alfco Telecommunications Company, and Abraham Feldman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1986.

Amended March 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Spitz, Sperling, Slater & Spitz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Andrew Hartzell, Jr., Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs ("Olympia" for short) obtained a $36 million antitrust judgment (after trebling) against Western Union Telegraph Company, the principal subsidiary of Western Union Company. Western Union Telegraph wanted a stay of execution of judgment pending appeal to this court, and ordinarily to get a stay it would have had to post a supersedeas bond for the full amount of the judgment. Fed.R.Civ...

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